Are these Israeli Reds?
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Yep, the wrap paper is red
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If I recall correctly, all the markings on the outer wrappers say nothing of their manufacturing provenance, only that they're manufactured for (or packed by) American Safety Razor in Virginia (I think it is).
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There's also a lot of crap goes around about tariffs on trade, if it gets shipped as a "work in progress" like say unpacked razor blades, there's no import duty to be paid (or because it's unfinished it has a low value and therefore low duties to be paid) - stick a wrapper on it and it's finished, price then goes up... neatly legally avoided the duty (or most of it) and the country of manufacture can be changed too - since the last part of manufacture has happened in the destination country rather than the originating one.
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I am sorry I don't want to start some big debate. It's just in this house we try to buy stuff where we know the source / country of origin - even when it comes to groceries! We just dislike and mistrust companies/packaging that misleads the buyer - whether it's green beans or blades. Thank you for your replies - it has helped enormously. I just don't like misleading labels.
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over5feet said:
... then also stay away from Boots, Morrisons and Tescoes 'own' brands as they are the IPs, as well.
If I remember correctly, any of the brands with the sillhouette of a DE Blade on it.[attachment=0]
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am sorry I don't want to start some big debate. It's just in this house we try to buy stuff where we know the source / country of origin - even when it comes to groceries! We just dislike and mistrust companies/packaging that misleads the buyer - whether it's green beans or blades. Thank you for your replies - it has helped enormously. I just don't like misleading labels.
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ooh de ja vu :shock:
does anyone have any knowledge as to how these Red IPs compare against the Israeli Personna's aka Crystals aka Super Plat + - depending on how they are advertised at the time?
does anyone have any knowledge as to how these Red IPs compare against the Israeli Personna's aka Crystals aka Super Plat + - depending on how they are advertised at the time?
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Some will swear blind that one is better than the other... others will swear blind that the other is better than the one... yet others will swear blind that they're all the same. The truth is out there - somewhere.
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having just ordered 100 Crystals for just under 12 quid, i would be narked if i could have saved a couple of quid buying the Red IPs - both from Paul, as essentially the same blade!
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I've been farkling around with Super Iridiums and Feathers and Kais and a few others recently, then just had two absolutely cracking shaves over the past couple of days with Red Personnas. I'd forgotten how good they were.